Recess Monkey's Wonderstuff follows their brilliant "Aminal House"with a 2-CD conceptual mix of story and songs that could be the band's "White Album." It's a tale of bees, turtles (with "shell-shocked" jokes), rats, slacker dudes, and a male narrator named Penelope. The wonder in Wonderstuff isn't in the story. It's all about the music. This is a multi-layered mix of musical genres and soundplay featuring catchy tunes, lots of 60's influences, and a healthy dose of humor. The roll call of the bees ("To bee or not to bee") will make you laugh out loud before the reflective "Magical Meadows." "Round and Round"is a bubbly gum pop tune about a first roller coaster. If Brian Wilson had made music for kids instead of surfers, it might have been "Pool." A love song to "My Pet Rock" has a nice "feelin' groovy" sense to it. Funky twang marks "Best Friend." "Don't Want to Go to Bed"is a rhythmic litany of reasons to stay awake punctuated with kids' cries of "go to sleep!" This is an album for contemporary kids that will resound with their 60's music loving parents.
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